According to reports in Germany, well respected trainer Uli Wegner has threatened to walk out on Arthur Abraham (31-2, 25 KO) - unless the former champion accepts the reality of his recent twelve round decision loss to Carl Froch. Wegner wants Abraham to stop blaming various members of his team for the loss to Froch. He says "King Arthur" needs to accepts his role in the Super Six shortcoming or the two men will be forced to go their separate ways
WBC/IBO light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KOs) fought Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KOs) to a twelve round majority draw on Saturday night at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada. The scores were 114-112 Hopkins and 113-113, 114-114 for the majority draw
The "regular" WBA middleweight champion, Kazakh Gennady Golovkin, and the WBA number 4 ranked Nilson Julio Tapia of Colombia, made weight
At the Lotto Arena, in Antwerpen, Belgium, the IBF welterweight eliminator between Said Ouali and Randall Bailey ended in a very controversial two round no-contest. Bailey dropped Ouali in the first round very hard. Some ringside observers report that Ouali received a "slow count." Ouali made it up and made it to the second. During the second round action, Ouali was once again hurt by a shot and charged at Bailey
In a surprisingly even-matched fight, former WBA heavyweight champion and current WBA mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KOs) was lucky to escape with a narrow unanimous decision over determined American brawler Travis Walker (34-6-1, 28 KOs) after eight entertaining rounds of two-way action
A sizable crowd of fans came out to support featherweights Juan Manuel Lopez, and Rafael Marquez, as they stepped on the scale to make weight for Saturday's fight at the MGM Grand. The Puerto Rican fans were in full force and outnumbered the Mexican fans by at least a 3 to 1 ratio. Marquez (39-5, 35KOs) was the first boxer to step on the scale. He came in at a ripped and ready 125.5-pounds
The weights are in for Saturday's HBO televised doubleheader from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. In a junior welterweight eliminator under the IBF, Lucas Matthysse (27-0, 25 KOs) came in at 140-pounds even. Former champion Zab Judah (39-6, 27 KOs) came to the weigh-in 15 minutes late and complained that he didn't see Matthysse make weight. Judah would then weigh in at 139-pounds
They laughed, played and acted like a pair of drinking buddies. Nobody would guess that Vitali Klitschko and Shannon Briggs have vowed to knock each other out on October 16 in Hamburg, Germany. Klitschko and Briggs took a break during their press tour in Hamburg, and did a little fishing by the water. Klitschko makes the fourth defense of his WBC heavyweight title since returning to the sport in 2008
The Super Six Boxing Classic has taken yet another blow as WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler has withdrawn from his fight with Allan Green, scheduled to take place on September 25 in Denmark and televised by Showtime. Based on the reports in Denmark, Kessler is suffering from an eye injury that has affected his vision for the last few months. Kessler was advised to stay away from sparring
Former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (50-2, 34KOs) was ringside at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany to watch WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck demolish Matt Godfrey in five rounds. He will undergo surgery for a shoulder injury next week. Valuev has not fought since last November's close points loss to David Haye. He spent the better part of the year trying to negotiate a fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko
